Ferran Adria Quotes

I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of the reviewer, because it introduced me to new cuisines and to the idea of cooking as a mechanism for studying other cultures and understanding other parts of the world.

Women's cooking has always had a big influence on me personally.

I studied cooking in Spain after college.

It's around the table and in the preparation of food that we learn about ourselves and about the world.

I know when I was little, having my Thai mom, even I was weird about fish sauce and fish heads and clams. I kind of sided with my dad because he was a big American guy. So, we were very meat and potatoes, but I really wish I had grown up appreciating my mom's taste a bit more.

I'm not a chef. But I'm passionate about food - the tradition of it, cooking it, and sharing it.

When you sit at the feet of an elder, it changes you.

Goodness, how much there is to learn about food!

I come from a family of great cooks and big eaters.

We can all be defined by food.

I'm not Andrew Zimmern, who is like a superhero to me. I'm not Anthony Bourdain, who was a superhero to me.

I have grown up in a house around all foodies.

Some foods you may say, 'Oh wow, this is not food.' People actually eat that somewhere. I just want people to really understand that and really appreciate it.

New Zealand has better food - sorry, America.

I am a foodie.

I get asked to speak to a lot of different groups, one of the best parts of my job hosting a show on the Travel Channel, 'Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.' I take viewers to the far corners of the globe and introduce them to other cultures by exploring the foods they eat - at times, pretty strange stuff.

I attended classes and taught classes, in Food Anthropology at Pace University, with an anthropology professor. You can trace history by the architecture and food of a place. Food is one of those things that transcends and stays in the culture.

History matters.

I'm definitely a foodie.

Really, my sacred place is my study where there are books that I love and things that people have given me.

I love educating myself on different cultures' dishes and foods that are important and celebrated within that culture. I also think food brings people together. It's unifying!

I have always loved food, and for me, even if I was on a beach, I would be cooking food every day.

Authenticity is the most important thing. You have to know where it all comes from, study who pioneered it.

The food of a country is my story. It is a small story, but people relate so much to it. I want to share that, but also the idea of bringing people and family together.

You remember all your teachers.